The Wine and Sand from Blue Cellars

Close to the old royal town of Znojmo you can find the village Nový Šaldorf - Sedlešovice with a complex of wine
cellars called Blue Cellars. It is different compared to the other wine cellar complexes due to the technology of their
building. They were dug in sand stone.

Foto: Váš Sklep, Nový Šaldorf - Sedlešovice

Free Republic of Kravi Hora Wine Makers

The funny events connected with activities of the "Free Federal Republic of Kraví hora" made the small village in
Hustopeče Region really popular. In no other place in Moravia you will encounter – in connection with wine – the
passport obligations when crossing the wine district borders, necessary stamps, not speaking about the constitution and
its national anthem.

The Cellars and Shelters in Nechory

The visitors will see the largest wine growing and wine making village of the Podluží Region and mainly an
absolutely independent urban complex, i.e. the complex of wine cellars in the village part called Nechory.
The wine growing and making exhibition will present to visitors the habits connected with life and work in
vineyards.

How to Make Wine

The visitors of the picturesque village Pavlov below the Pálava hills will be attracted mainly by the architecture
of buildings above cellars. Within the scope of the exhibition in Pavlov the visitors will get to know the cellar
management, i.e. what is done with grapes and wine in a cellar.

Tastes and Smells of South Moravia

The cuisine reflects the life style of a region, the geographic conditions and the farming style. That is why we
would like to present such a mirror to the visitors of the Region of South Moravia. We want to present the South
Moravia in its complete diversity, tastes, smells and picturesqueness.

Brno, the Wine Town

Brno is the entry gate to the traditional wine region of Moravia. As proved by many historical sources, the
importance of wine making and wine growing was significant for the Brno town as early as in the 13th
century. The aim of the web presentation is to discover the half-forgotten face of Brno town.

Valtice

Valtice is a town close to Czech Austrian border, in the southern part of the Lednice and Valtice complex. Valtice
is popular thanks to its beautiful castle, developed viticulture and tourism.

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The cellar alley

The castle of Valtice used to be a spectacular residence of the Lichtenstein family.

Valtice and wine. These two items are inseparable just for centuries. A prestigious exhibition called Valtice Wine
Fair and Valtice Wine Tasting are very popular. The Wine Salon of the Czech Republic – a permanent exhibition of 100
best wines of the CR - can be found in the castle cellars. The castle also houses the National Wine Centre
headquarters. Secondary School of Viticulture and Wine Academy of Valtice – these two institutions annually prepare
hundreds of students and sommeliers for the wine professions.

The Valtice wine is manufactured, improved and stored in more than five hundred and fifty cellars. Most of large
press houses and imposing wine houses that used to be found in the centre of the town were destroyed by large fires in
18th and 19th centuries. There were preserved just a few wine houses – the most valuable of them
being nearly untouched gable building in Kopečná street No. 49, one of a very few preserved from the fire. So called
Cross Cellar is the largest cellar in Valtice. There are more than 500 cellars in Vinařská, Sklepní, Josefská, Růžová
and Polní street, used mainly by small wine makers. There prevail one-floor press houses with cellars with various
architectonic articulations of fronts. The centuries-old cellars consist of stone retaining walls and brick vaults. The
oldest cellars´ vaults are of worked limestone blocks.

The town of Valtice can be found on the route of the Mikulov cycling trail. The wine nature trail partially goes
through the town of Valtice and the castle park, but mostly through the vineyards below Reistna. You can pass the
five-kilometre route on foot or by bicycle. The route includes 19 information panels in three language versions.